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229-219-1225 Special Needs
Special education teachers, as well as general education teachers, works with students who have a variety of disabilities. How beginning teachers cope with job-related issues, such as working with a diverse student population, may determine how effective they will become as well as whether they will be among the many who leave during their first years of teaching. (Billingsley, B. S. (n.d.). Beginning special educators: Characteristics, qualifications, and experiences. Spense Summary Sheet: Study of Personnel Needs in Special Education. Retrieved May 10, 2010, from http://ferdig.coe.ufl.edu/spense/IHEsummaryfinal.pdf).
Special Education Categories
The links below provide information from the Georgia Department of Education regarding each particular category of special education, including a definition of the category and related resources.
- Autism
- Deaf/Blind
- Deaf/Hard of Hearing (D/HH)
- Emotional & Behavioral Disorder
- Mild Intellectual Disability
- Moderate, Severe, Profound Intellectual Disability
- Orthopedic Impairment
- Other Health Impairment
- Significant Developmental Delay
- Specific Learning Disability
- Speech-Language Impairment
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Visual Impairment & Blindness
IEP Resources
The links below provide resources related to special education.
- IEP Implementation Manual GA DOE This website gives information on how to implement an Individualized Education Plan as described by the Georgia Department of Education.
- How to Teach Special Needs Kids This website provides a 5-point checklist detailing how to teach students with special needs who have an IEP plan.
- How to Teach Parents of Kids With Autism About IEPs This website provides a 4-point checklist detailing how to teach parents of kids with autism about IEPs.
- Bright Solutions for Dyslexia, Inc. This website provides several different approaches on how to teach students with dyslexia.
- How to teach students with a Math Disability This website provides information on how to teach students with a math disability.
